Comments about roads

There are 100 comments about "roads"

Bayside Watcher: Renee, your concern and outrage for the condition of the mausoleums and the internal crypts are spot on. And reinterring the remains of the dead in those crypts and securing the mausoleums should be......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Mateo: Great pictures! Abandoned cemeteries are fascinating. I always wonder how they came to be forgotten, especially ones such as this with such ornate stones and fanciful crypts. It's......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Rohinton Ghandhi: November 27th, 2008 To City Noise Editors, I have recently begun writing articles for the Verdun Messenger's new English Corner segment. They cover Verdun's history and the people within it. I thought your group......

in response to: Verdun Neon by CE

zagg: Funny, I'm cringing that I had to ride public transportation (Sarnia Transit is infact: CRAP). I've been biking happily 5+ KM since August to work, but now winter had come and the roads......

in response to: Commuting by Foot by Peter

Garrett: My friend Jerry had heard a rumor on some website that the famous toll booth scene from The Godfather had been shot somewhere by Nassau Community College on Long Island (right by where we live).......

in response to: Godfather\'s Home by jack

EvilGentleman: Heh, I used to do 50 km/h on flat roads on my clunky old $99 mountain bike from Canadian Tire. I could peak at 58 to 60. Mind you, I could only keep that pace......

in response to: Montreal Police Bicycle by EvilGentleman

Al: Kinda sad. I liked seeing the streetcar rails heaving through the roads every spring. Oh well... if you want to ride a streetcar, go to Toronto. ...

in response to: Goodbye, Streetcar Rails by EvilGentleman

Mitch: The reason we have giant pot holes and roads in such terrible shape has to do with the Quebec government's cutting corners. They use lower quality asphalt and put down only a very thin layer......

in response to: Potholes by EvilGentleman

Zahid Syed: i hate the roads here this is a first class city but we have third world roads the city should stop collecting so much taxes and start getting to work the city should be ashamed......

in response to: Potholes by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: All I know, is I have seen a lot of the little speed limit signs along the bike trails, usually proclaiming a limit of 20 km per hour. I confess that I have not been......

in response to: How Much Is That Pussy in the Window? by Montrealbunny

Alan Taylor: Explanation of OCCUPATION ROAD, but does not resolve the question of 'where in Irlam'. My finding regarding the ‘Bolton to York’ route has caused me to re-assess Francis White’s Map of the Ainsty particularly with regard to......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Ken: NICE! I love hot rods, had a '32 Ford roadster years back, sold it to get my dream car a '64 Mercury Marauder...

in response to: Classic Cars 3 - 1936 Chevy by EvilGentleman

Boyd from Minnesota: My wife and I were at the castle on the 26th of March. We were driving the back roads to see the area and WOW, we saw this fantastic castle in the woods and......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

joey: wait ! haven't we seen that chair on antiques roadshow ? attente ! nous avons pas vus cette chaise sur le spectacle de tournée d'antiquités ?...

in response to: Peoples of the Danforth by Elicar

Peter: i just came across this interesting blurb: [[http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tips/getAttraction.php?tip_AttractionNo==2535]]...

in response to: Babe\'s Muffler by JoeyD

Fred, The.: The only good thing Hutchinson Kansas has to offer is reasonable and tough law enforcement and reno county court judges. Kansas does nothing but steal and waste as evidenced by, well, just about everything you......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Alan Taylor: Hi Marissa, When they built the Margarine Works Estate then built the roads and laid the services, then built the corner houses, afterwards they built the infills between the corner houses, so there was lots of......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

jack: very good but cold pictures, the roads are clean....

in response to: Natrel Rink and Sand Trucks by Michelle

EvilGentleman: Now, back to my silly list... 59 - There is a potential for collisions between cross-country skiers and bicyclists. 60 - During snowstorms, the roads grind to a halt, but the cyclists still weave in and out......

in response to: You Know You\'re in Montreal When... by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Probably the guy in the Honda stopped to count his change, and the guy in the Nissan impatiently tried to pass, pissing off the Honda guy, who raced to keep his spot in line, and......

in response to: Tight Squeeze by jack

EvilGentleman: Wow! Just wow! Great post, TK. As far as the "20/20 hindsight" inspections of other structures **after** the collapse goes, we have the same thing happening here. After the overpass collapse that killed 5 people in September......

in response to: Bridge Removal by Tyfoid Kid

chiamattt: Dude, I'm sorry, but to the reason health care in Quebec is so bad isn't because the "Canadian health care system" doesn't work, its because the province has spent a gross amount of money on......

in response to: Windows Health Care by EvilGentleman

gus hassler : i think these are what remains of the float bridges that were used to unload the barges known as car floats. the carfloats were used by different railroads to move their trains across the north......

in response to: Newtown Creek by Peter

KansasBoy: It would seem, perhaps, that you missed the downtown area of Belleville, since all of your pictures are from out on Highway 81. No matter, your conclusion is pretty much on target, if a......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

H .C Michigan USA: haha small feet and the simple things ya what about those wavy lines on the English roads? Whats that all about too? Seems they think we're all having vision problems? LOL...

in response to: How to press the walk button in Amsterdam by corsakti

Madcow: Another one: it's called Crossroads and its at Coxwell + Daforth. Real dive. Real dive. Feels like drinking in a prison or mental assylum....

in response to: Toronto Dive Bars by JayEastsider

d mccormick: ive noticed the changes around irlam. we moved here in 1968 from ordsal and i dont like the changes that have occurred, like the bypass thats been built as when i was younger we used......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

gingha: i used to live in oklahoma city. the thing the makes norman, and the greater oklahoma city area seem lackluster is because of its relative regional proximity to the dallas/ft. worth area, and also because......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: moving, waving free never the same way to pass the roadside strangers...

in response to: Move Bee over by joey

westcoast LK: real spit to the author who wrote this article.... i used to live in las vegas...in fact i resided about a block away from the strip itself near warm springs. I feel as though vegas taught......

in response to: View of Vegas by jack

Halley: A perfect choice of pictures, seems the animals not only roam the bushes, but swing out onto the road for a faster route.....lol our bears have been know to come out of the bush and......

in response to: Some of the Creatures That Share My Environment by Guy McLaren

Halley: Are most of the roads there, gravel in Mpumpalanga? Beautiful landscape shot....

in response to: Lonely Roads by Guy McLaren

j.walthers@timesnewsweekly.com: In response to upfromflames regarding Bushwick Corners: This response requires both historical perspective and adjustment of mind set to the Colonial New World. The 17th Century was a fundamentally agrarian society dedicated and tied to land......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

NOT SURPRISED AT YOUR CYNICISM: You clearly passed through during the summer when all the college students are at home (or a break). Try going there anytime during the school year and good luck getting anywhere on those two lane......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

elaine: haha! ta jeeff, but no need to dig yet;-) the promised snow crisis (albeit played out on the roads with serious gritting, and in airports with flights cancelled) has only resulted in a veneer of......

in response to: Tyres in Snow by elaine

Anthony: I live near Denver International Airport and have been there many, many times and have seeked out and found everything mentioned here and then some. I first heard about the DIA conspiracies a few......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

zagg: Thanks Aer, I was really happy with these photographs, especially since all other copies in the past were far from distances (the roadside, looooooooong driveway) with throwaway cameras or even worse, old photocopies of photocopied......

in response to: The Field House by zagg

Cameo: The cabbies' fault no doubt... They are by far the worst drivers on the roads in this city. They are a menace to both cyclist, pedestrian and other motorists. Two days ago......

in response to: Crunch by jeeff

EvilGentleman: That pic I took, I actually got out of the car, had a cigarette, took a picture, read a little bit, then hopped back into the car. Nobody had moved yet. jack - maybe it should......

in response to: Traffic by CE

Cosmo: The tiles seem to be disappearing due to cities fixing up their old roads...I'm so glad I got these images of the Detroit ones, so far as I know no one else has published images......

in response to: Toynbee Tiles by Cosmo

EvilGentleman: Damn, that's some good graf, and I can honestly say I have never laid eyes on it before. Mind you, the roads in NDG are pretty rough as a rule, so I doubt I will......

in response to: NDG Graf by CE

Peter: i love the photos of the roads, pavement and overpasses. so pretty. thanks for these excellent photos and a great post! it reminded me alot of [[834:this post]]......

in response to: Overpass, Underrated by Chris Jongkind

Susannah : I'm not sure how I feel about the roads and pavement - but your photos are pretty thrilling....

in response to: Overpass, Underrated by Chris Jongkind

EvilGentleman: Firstly, I see someone has already "Rrrrrrolled up the rrrrrrrim" on the pictured cup. Secondly, I must admit I miss New Brunswick. I have not seen it since 1989, and have not lived there since 1980.......

in response to: Tim in the Streets by Marlo

zagg: Out by where my parents live 'out in the country' (and in Ontario, not NB) there wasn't really a trash problem on the roads and then Brights Grove got a Tim Hortons and BOOM now......

in response to: Tim in the Streets by Marlo

aer suzuki: nice, i love roadshots. especially like the first and last....

in response to: The Drive Home by jfilip

EvilGentleman: I have also been experimenting with taking hool-style photos using car mirrors while parked on the side of a busy street, since it is exponentially less likely that the subjects will become aware of the......

in response to: Passenger Side Rear View Mirror by groovehouse

EvilGentleman: Aw, darn. I was hoping the next post was gonna be "Broads of Broad Street"...

in response to: Home Pt. 5: Downtown (Broad Street) by CE

EvilGentleman: Here in Montreal, all our traffic woes can be solved by simply blowing up all Honda Civics and Honda Accords. If we do that, we will have reduced the flow of traffic on all roads......

in response to: Spoiler & Crash by Peter

EvilGentleman: Aside from the campy invitations to "See the Tri-County Area's Largest Ball of String" and so on, the heartland actually does have a lot going for it. The beauties of nature are often harder to......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 5 by Scott Sargent

Chris Erb: I imagine the day when busses all over the world will revolt against the private automobile. They will, all at once, turn against their companions on the road, slowly destroying every car, truck and......

in response to: Bus Vs Suv by barry

shandy: I'm white and my place in Bushwick was the first I moved to when I came to New York. I had no idea what neighborhood meang what, I moved there firstly because my friend lived......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

I.T.U.C.: London (UK) got some real fab ones too. Some split whole roads, crossways; the creation of cable TV companies. Hey it makes cycling, that bit more challenging....

in response to: Potholes by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: magician, I gotta love the Texas law comment, it was hilarious. As far as the accusation that I may have misplaced a few decimal points, I am 1000% sure that I have never done that in......

in response to: Does Anyone Else Find This Stupid? by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Maybe if they applied other tests at the same time as a driver's test. Like have the examiner offer beer to the applicant to relax them when they first get in the car. If the......

in response to: Does Anyone Else Find This Stupid? by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Whoa, good article. Kudos to the Tallahassee CBS crew for that one. You should have seen the some of the things I have seen, like a terrifying high-speed chase with the Surete du Quebec (formerly the......

in response to: Free Man? by Urbanghost (michael talbot)

Chris Erb: You MUST get pictures from Le Corbusier blvd. I can just imagine it: Different traffic levels of roads going into the boulevard then when you get there all you see are great big towers......

in response to: Multidick by EvilGentleman

Glenn: I saw an adapter kit for this type of bike at this store near Rochester NY. http://www.ridgeroadstation.com/ That was a few years ago, and I don't know if they are still available there or not....

in response to: Side-by-Side Tandem Bicycle: by Peter

GGP: maybe it's the weather, but this evokes Frost: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where......

in response to: Shot from the Scoot by Peter

EvilGentleman: Cool find. A pretty stable shot for one taken while driving. Toronto must have smooth roads now....

in response to: Fire the Marketing Guy by torontofreelance

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Looks just like the Verrazano Bridge. [[http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/verrazano-narrows]]...

in response to: Bosphorus Bridge by sen

Guy McLaren: Its my opinion that they all fall into different arenas, ie small game, Big 5, coutry roads and architechture....

in response to: Bambi by Guy McLaren

Jamie: [[img:7008]] Reminds me of this photo ^ from Barry's {Hawaii}an [[2520:Roadside Graffiti]] article...

in response to: Wild Horses in the Distance by EvilGentleman

LERK ONE OUTLAW : rolling thunder, the colossus of roads, the iron giants, graff, graffiti, freights, trains, boxcars,hobo tags, and Lerk tags, under the bridge, flying through your town non stop to the next town...LedFinger on the move ......

in response to: Toledo Graf Freights by Joeypoey

grange: Up here in the country ( Owen Sound ) We have two types of racoons . The fast ones ( live) and the slow dim witted ones ( napping on the side of the roads......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

show respect - trash has its place : Timmy's has to add a surcharge onto each coffee to help pay for clean-up of all the cups littering the roadside. Their drive thrus don't work well for cyclists as well...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

RailJockey: I will have to agree with amore e biciclette when they state that Kensington Market should be car-free. The roads in there are narrow, and there is no shortage of transit around. As......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

What's Really Going On Here: Since this has become a cyclist vs motorist thing... Helmet Cams Just as Richard Nixon wouldn't have been nailed without the tapes, technology is available that cyclists can use to get motorists to behave. The technology......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Jono Cono: I love Halifax, I drove down there and back this past Christmas. It's a long road trip from where I am (Ottawa). I'd say roughly 1500KM. Thankfully I had clear roads and......

in response to: halifax 6 by hool

reality check: RE: the commments on biycycles and autos being invented at the same time... Wrong... bicycles have a far longer timeline. In fact the first paved roads in America were done so for......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Bobbikes in Calgary: I can't believe I read all this -- so much vilification and nonsense for a few gems of insight and information. Cyberspace is much more dangerous than I'd realized. I instinctively side with Leah. I......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

frustrated cyclist: people like that driver is why our world is so un-sustainable and shitty. I agree, the cyclist probably should have ignored it, but I know where she is coming from. Why is it......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

I can't believe what I read!: while some people are really articulate individuals with a sense of humor and enough intelligence to make me wonder... WTF are they doing defending a guy that contravened a municipal by-law, assaulted a PERSON, and......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

jaker10: im not for hitting girls, but she got what she deserved. At least he should have stomped her bike that would have been funny, cyclists on the road are perhaps the most annoying thing......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

jaker10: im not for hitting girls, but she got what she deserved. At least he should have stomped her bike that would have been funny, cyclists on the road are perhaps the most annoying thing......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

The Awards 2: Coachrob59 – For not overlooking the importance of the sandwich (a very important point for all the potential future customers of the area, especially after this incident which will surely increase local traffic and sandwich......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

roads for all: This guy needs an angermanagement class. Drivers forget, it is a privilege to drive not a right. Cyclists share the road equally, and they also must be mindful of the risk involved. This guy could've......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

NO ONE DESERVES TO GET BEATEN: It's disappointing to read and see what transpired between Leah and the motorist, involving, and endangering the lives of themselves and those around them. It is even more disappointing to read the comments here endorsing......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Vaulander: Dumping garbage on the road is not only disgusting, it is also a bit of a problem for cyclists, especially on busy streets where there isn't much room to maneuver. A plastic macdonalds drink cup......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

vancouver: Having read the story on CBC.ca and clicking on the link, I have to wonder about people. To the courier: It was fucking trash, hopefully you didn't get hurt. Some of the pics show you......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

anon (CPE0006257386fc-CM0011ae911c4a.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com): Funny how all these comments seem to come from environmentalist and cyclist. I have lived and worked in this city for my entire life. I work downtown town and spend a good part of my......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Sunny D: amanda: 31st Jan 2006 - 19:13 GMT "Some people think that couriers are a bunch of losers that can’t find a real job, use the roads without paying anything for the privilege and smoke dope to......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

amanda: Some people think that couriers are a bunch of losers that can’t find a real job, use the roads without paying anything for the privilege and smoke dope to keep from thinking about how much......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

elaine: well, actually, that is true. those long wide main roads often belie very nice neighbourhoods behind them. i live near cambridge heath road which is filthy and grim, but bethnal green in general is varied......

in response to: bleak day, new cross by elaine

elaine: well, actually, that is true. those long wide main roads often belie very nice neighbourhoods behind them. i live near cambridge heath road which is filthy and grim, but bethnal green in general is varied......

in response to: bleak day, new cross by elaine

Mr Special: Look, both people are obviously warped and neither should be allowed on public roads. ...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Pondering: I do not understand folks trying to stir things up after Leah said she's letting it drop. She admitted that she was not blameless and could be charged with assault. Why persuade her to become......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Retrograde: I have to say that, this is not surprising at all. Its this kind of antics that lead to the ever-growing population of critical massers, who do nothing for the city other than disrupt......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

elaine: fab. i believe that a seaside town is my natural next move, because where else, after london? but nowhere too posh, somewhere eyerollingly trashy, ideally, with perhaps a boho twist, just for company, but not......

in response to: Railworld Redux by Jamie

barry: [[img:7005]] [[img:7006]] [[img:7007]] Some roadsigns on same road. ...

in response to: Roadside Graffiti by barry

jack: so this means that after the snows have melted away and the salt on the roads are washed away take your car to the car wash. wash away....

in response to: This Corrosion by BZZZP

joey: here's your roadside nuclear power plant [[img:6603]]...

in response to: New Bike by ian

elaine: hee hee, that would cheer up new cross no end. it's one of those places which is fine once you get off the main roads, but the traffic is relentlessly heavy, and certainly if you......

in response to: bleak day, new cross by elaine

Paige: I just got a book on those tracks. They were part of the New York Dock railway and were in operation until the 1980s when waterfront railroads were on their last legs. The company merged......

in response to: Lower Manhattan at Sunset by sine

seeking a future I agree with you: The thing is ---there are a lot of factor that can be attibuted to not moving up---Firstly the U.S createda system of dependency when FDR intorduce Operation Bootsrap which was ppart of the NEW Deal--in......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

MoeRex: jeef: Yeah, I remember the countryside there pretty well, and the summer green. I spent a summer there while my family was living in the relatively posh environs of Oakville (they were there for a......

in response to: the hutch condos by jeeff

fuzzytank: never have i been ass sociated with the evils of fossil fuels woman watch those titles;) give me air cars or cycl3s or anything thats not part of the wars just let me import samrt roadsters, thats all i......

in response to: a fuzzy tank in a greenwich petrol station by elaine

Jamie: heh i ##knew## that question would surface. Here is a summary of my journey. 1. Get inside red 1995 Ford Fiesta 2. Drive fom Lisnaskea, NI to Larne, NI 3. Drive little car onto big ferry 4. Feel ill......

in response to: Chips for Lunch by Jamie

jimmy: roads in republic are now better than in the six counties, im a truck driver, i should know. Yea and silly british in the past with their mph signs. what rock do you live under......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

David: All you have to do is drive over the border into Eire and immediately you see the difference,even the roads are full of pot holes and craters,its like a third world country(but even if it......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie